The invention provides an unsupervised cross-
modal hash retrieval method and
system based on virtual
label regression, and the method comprises the steps: feature representation and
hash function learning are integrated into a unified depth frame, and a shared hash code is learned through the cooperative
matrix decomposition of multi-
modal depth features, so as to guarantee that a plurality of
modes share the same semanteme; on the basis, the concept of a virtual
label is introduced, the virtual
label is learned through non-negative
spectrum analysis, and meanwhile, the learned virtual labelis returned to the hash code, so that the
semantic consistency between the hash code and the virtual label is ensured; in the framework, collaborative
matrix decomposition of the depth features and learning and regression of the virtual tags are beneficial to learning of depth feature representation and hash functions, and improved depth feature representation and hash models are beneficial to collaborative
matrix decomposition and learning and regression of the virtual tags, and the collaborative matrix
decomposition and the virtual tags promote each other; and meanwhile, through a new
discrete optimization strategy, the deep
hash function and the hash code are directly updated, the quantization error of a relaxation strategy in an existing method is effectively reduced, and the cross-
modal retrieval performance is improved.